Vaughn v. Guenther

RUSSELL, District Judge.

Considering the circumstances of the case as alleged, both in the complaint of the original plaintiff and in the proposed third-party complaint of the original defendant, it appears that the original defendant and the proposed third-party defendant are joint tort-feasors so far as the plaintiff is concerned.

In such circumstances, under the law of Georgia, “as a general rule one of two or more joint tort-feasors has no right of action over against those connected with him in the tort for either contribution or indemnity where he alone has been compelled to satisfy the…